>That's Mr. Terry Thurber to you:)
>
>>Well - it's April, 2nd Quarter, and MicroSoft Pulled A Good One this time:
>>http://members.microsoft.com/partner/isv/empower/default.aspx
>>
>>Join in for 375 and get a MSDN Universal Subscription plus a lot of other
>>stuff - about 25,000 USD value.
>>the caveat ? MSDN Universal Subscriptions for ISV Empower members do not
>>include any phone-based incident support. Plus you have to have a commercial application available after 6 months of joining ,to be highlighted on the ISV Partner Program [not a bad deal actually]
>>
>>If you can live with no MS Phone Incident Support - I would highly recommend
>>you jump in.
>>
>>But ? Click the link - and read a bit - I sense it would be perfect for many who have been waiting to take the plunge into the wide wide world of MSDN Universal Subscription [Hint - we can take up a collection for Terry Thurber, bless his olde tired soul [vbg]]
>>
>>mondo regards [Bill]
>>[ps - my apologies if this is olde news to some]

An Update -
Terry - I'm sorry - but NOBODY and I mean NOBODY chipped in for you to have any money to acquire entry into the MS Empower/ISV program.
My saddest apologies - I thought you had a larger following here..
muttering into my beer [Bill]